Willard Richards records the excommunication of William and Wilson Law, Jane Law, Robert Foster, and Howard Smith for "unchristianlike conduct."

Date
Apr 18, 1844
Type
Personal Journal / Diary
Source
Willard Richards
LDS
Hearsay
Holograph
Direct
Reference

"Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844," 91, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed December 12, 2022

Scribe/Publisher
Willard Richards
People
W. W. Phelps, Aaron Johnson, Joseph W. Coolidge, John D. Parker, John Scott, George D. Watt, Brigham Young, Wilson Law, John Portineus Greene, William Law, George W. Harris, Samuel Williams, William Clayton, Robert D. Foster, Samuel Bent, Wilford Woodruff, Joseph Young, John M. Bernhisel, Howard Smith, Jane Silverthorn Law, John Taylor, Levi Hancock, Newel K. Whitney, George A. Smith, Reynolds Cahoon, Joseph Smith, Jr., Erastus Snow, Amasa Mason Lyman, Alexander McRae, William Marks, Willard Richards, Charles C. Rich, John D. Lee, George J. Adams, Joseph Fielding Smith, Alpheus Cutler, John Smith, Heber C. Kimball
Audience
N/A
Transcription

6. [p.m.] B[righam] Young. W[illard] Richards, J[ohn] Taylor, G[eorge] A. Smith. H[eber] C. Kimball. W[ilford] Woodruff— of the 12— A[lpheus] Cutler, S[amuel] Bent. G[eorge] W. Harris, A Johsonn [Aaron Johnson], W[illiam] Marks. C[harles] C. Rich, A[masa] Lyman of the H[igh] Council. W[illiam] W Phelps N. K. Whitny [Newel K. Whitney]. Jno [John] Smith. J[ohn] M. Bernhisel, Jos[eph] Fielding. G[eorge] J. Adams. E[rastus] Snow. R[eynolds] Cahoon J[oseph] W. Coolidge Jno [John] Scott, J[ohn] D. Lee. L[evi] W. Hancock S[amuel] Williams Jos[eph] Young. J. P. Green [John P. Greene]— J[ohn] D. Parker, A[lexander] Mc Rae, Geo Watt, W Claytn [William Clayton] held council & unanimous cut of[f] unanimously. R. D. Foster. Wilson Law. Wm Law. Jane [Silverthorn] Law. & Howard Smith. of scott Co— Ill. from the chu[r]ch for unchristianlike conduct.

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